john hinckley jr.

As we all should know, John Hinckley, Jr., the man who shot and nearly killed President Reagan in 1981, was driven by his obsession with actress Jodie Foster, which developed after he saw her in Taxi Driver, a film which featured a protagonist who attempts to kill a presidential candidate...

So, we all remember when Tecumseh's curse reared its ugly head again. I know I don't need to explain one of the more heartbreaking moments of recent history, but I will for the sake of the specifics of what I'm focusing on for the scenario: OTL, a few months after narrowly defeating Ronald...

How might Ronald Reagan's presidency have been different without the attempt on his life in March 1981?

In 1981, a deranged lone gunman named John Hinckley Jr attempted to kill US President Ronald Reagan. As an inspiration, he cited the 1976 movie Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro as a psychotic gunman who tries and fails to kill a popular U.S. Senator. Hinckley...

While serving two terms as US President, Ronald Reagan became one of the most monumental as well as controversial leaders of his generation. However, this almost wasn't the case. Reagan was nearly killed in an assassination attempt when a deranged gunman named John Hinckley Jr shot him in the...

The easiest ways for this to happen are obviously Bush winning the nomination in 1980 over Ronald Reagan or John Hinckley Jr. successfully assassinating Reagan. Either way, how do you think a Bush 1981-1989 Presidency would unfold? Bush was considered more of a centrist, so I'd expect less...